Sarvam AI Startup Program

Overview

The Sarvam AI Startup Program backs early-stage startups building with Sarvam's Indic-language AI stack. Sarvam's program page states that selected startups receive "up to 12 months of credits, priority support, and production-ready infrastructure across speech, vision, and LLM APIs."

Free Tier Quotas & Limits

• Credit allocation is sized to the applicant's use case, stage and expected scale. Sarvam's FAQ states that approved startups receive 6-12 months of API credits; no public dollar value or token floor is published.
• Credits are valid for the duration of the program term (6-12 months). Unused credits do not roll over after the program ends.
• Applications are rolling, with no announced deadline or cohort cutoff.
• Existing Sarvam API users can apply for additional credits and priority support.
• After the credits end, startups transition to standard API pricing.

What's Included

• API credits across Sarvam's stack: speech-to-text, text-to-speech, translation, chat completion and document intelligence, with code-mixing support for Indian languages.
• Priority support with direct access to Sarvam's engineering team.
• Production-grade infrastructure and co-branded launch amplification.

Eligibility & How to Apply

The program targets startups building products for Indian-language users. The application form asks for company name, website, business email, product description, stage (Development / Beta / Production), funding raised, team size and location, which Sarvam APIs you plan to use, and expected Year-1 and Year-2 request volumes, which are used to size the credit grant. Apply through the form on the program page.